1 Tribal prosecution: Congress on Thursday gave Indian tribes new power to prosecute non-Indians in tribal courts for any crimes linked to domestic violence. The bill now goes to President Obama, who said he would sign it.

2 Gun rally:National Rifle Association President David Keene told a rally of thousands of opponents of New York's new gun control law Thursday that his group will help them ensure that the Second Amendment rights passed down to them will be passed on to future generations. "We've lost battles before. We will not lose the war," Keene said. He was cheered by the throng that filled the Albany park west of the Capitol, many arriving on buses from across the state and advocating repeal of one of the toughest gun-control laws in the United States.

3 Noose attack: A northern Illinois man who helped put a noose around the neck of an African American teenager has been sentenced to probation and ordered to write an essay on the history of lynching in the United States. A Cook County judge also ordered 19-year-old Matthew Herrmann of Alsip to read his paper to the victim of the attack and other community members at an event known as a "peace circle." Herrmann was initially charged with felony counts of committing a hate crime, unlawful restraint and battery.

4 Supply run: The International Space Station is about to get another commercial shipment. The California company known as SpaceX is set to launch its unmanned Falcon rocket at Cape Canaveral on Friday morning, hoisting a Dragon capsule containing more than a ton of food, tools, computer hardware and science experiments. There won't be any ice cream, though, for the six-man station crew. The freezers going up are filled with mouse stem cells, protein crystals and other research items. On the previous Dragon delivery in October, chocolate-vanilla swirl was tucked inside.

5 Pot tax: A state panel set up to regulate marijuana in Colorado is recommending that lawmakers enact a 15 percent excise tax, with the profits going to school construction. State regulators are working out the details of exactly how to tax marijuana now that Colorado residents have voted to legalize it. The panel made its recommendation Thursday.

6 Doolittle raider dies: Maj. Thomas C. "Tom" Griffin, a B-25 bomber navigator in the audacious Doolittle's Raid attack on mainland Japan during World War II, has died in a veterans nursing home in northern Kentucky. His death at age 96 leaves four surviving Raiders. The bombing run, planned by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, was credited with lifting American morale and shaking Japan in Pearl Harbor's aftermath. Griffin parachuted over China and eluded capture, eventually returning to service on bombing runs from North Africa. His plane was shot down in 1943, and he spent nearly two years in a German prison camp.